Word: snyder
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Seattle, which acquired the third pick from Cleveland in a deal that sent veteran guard Dick Snyder to the Cavaliers, chose N.C. State's 7 ft. 4 in. Tom Burleson. Burleson was the leading rebounder on the squad last season...
...slot, overwhelmed John Bates, 6-1, 6-1; Reiner won at number two; and Chip Baird defeated Greg Lewis, 6-3, 6-2, in the third singles match. Freshman John Horn, in the fourth singles position, crushed Gabe Dumont, 6-0, 6-4, and Hugh Hyde downed Tim Snyder, 6-2, 7-6, at fifth singles...
Thornton defeated Amherst captain Brian McDermott, 6-0, 6-4, to complete the singles sweep and then teamed with Hyde to take Snyder and Dumont, 6-4, 6-3, in the third doubles match. Ingard and Horn defeated Beates and Lewis, 6-1, 6-4, at number one, while Baird and Reiner, the second doubles pair, edged Cartin and George McGovern...
...shrewdest traders and drafters in pro basketball. Before corning to Buffalo. Donovan built the Knicks into a championship team by drafting the likes of Bill Bradley, Walt Frazier and Willis Reed, and trading for Dave De Busschere and Dick Barnett. In Buffalo. Donovan found in Owner Paul Snyder a man who was eager to underwrite similar maneuvering with a philosophy that "good players deserve high salaries...
...Basketball Robber. Donovan wasted little time putting Snyder's frozen-food fortune (Freezer Queen Foods Inc.) to work. During his first three years he drafted, and quickly signed to contracts each worth $2 million plus, Elmore Smith, McAdoo and DiGregorio. With McAdoo out of position his first year as a forward, Donovan traded Smith to the Lakers in exchange for McMillian. Subsequently, McAdoo blossomed into a topflight, mobile center. Heard, also picked up in a trade, gave the Braves the third member of a whippet-quick front line. Yet Donovan was still not satisfied. In January, "the basketball robber...